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01 Mar 2021

Traditional Farming Methods

August-June 

Old is new again! This field trip is a surprise adventure for students to uncover clues about traditional farming methods of the past and how we have adapted them for the future.

Indiana and NGSS Standards:
  • 5-ESS3-1. Obtain and combine information about ways individual communities use science ideas to protect the Earth’s resources and environment.
  • 3-5-ETS1-2 Engineering Design. Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.

Ohio Social Studies Standards:

  • History- Heritage: European exploration and colonization during the 1400s 1600s had lasting effects which can be used to understand the Western Hemisphere today.
  • Geography – Human Systems: The variety of physical environments within the Western Hemisphere influences human activities. Likewise, human activities modify the physical environments.

Vocabulary:

traditional farming, beekeeping, seed saving, tools, soil, ley field, crop rotation, livestock

01 Mar 2021

Pollinators and Our Food

April- October  

What’s all the buzz about!? Our food is dependent upon pollination, come see up-close how and who makes it happen!

Ohio Science Standards:

  • 5.LS.1 Organisms perform a variety of roles in an ecosystem.

NGSS Standards:

  • 5-PS3-1. Use models to describe that energy in animals’ food (used for body repair, growth, motion, and to maintain body warmth) was once energy from the sun.
  • 5-LS2-1. Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.

Ohio Social Studies Standards:

  • History- Heritage: European exploration and colonization during the 1400s 1600s had lasting effects which can be used to understand the Western Hemisphere today.
  • Geography – Human Systems: The variety of physical environments within the Western Hemisphere influences human activities. Likewise, human activities modify the physical environments.
  • Economics – Production and Consumption: The availability of productive resources and the division of labor can have a positive or negative impact on productive capacity.

Vocabulary:

pollinators, pollination, parts of a plant, beekeeping, beekeeping equipment, hive

01 Mar 2021

Energy on the Farm

August-June 

See how our farmers, livestock, and plants use energy and other resources to grow and create food for our community. Through an interactive game, students will work in groups to see the best energy-efficient practices to keep crops alive during a frost, provide water during a drought, and care for the animals on your farm.  

Ohio Science Standards:

  •  4.PS.2: Energy can be transferred from one location to another or can be transformed from one form to another.

NGSS Standards:

  • 4-PS3-2 Energy. Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
  • 4-PS3-4 Energy. Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another.

Ohio Social Studies Standards:

  • Geography – Places and Regions: The economic development of the United States continues to influence and be influenced by agriculture, industry and natural resources in Ohio

Vocabulary:

Energy, heat energy, solar energy, energy transfer, energy loss, greenhouse, compost

01 Mar 2021

Farm to Market: Dried Herbs

August-June 

Join us as we follow the journey of food, from the field to the consumer.  Help us figure out how we can make this season’s harvest profitable! 

Ohio Science Standards:

  •  4.LS.1: Changes in an organism’s environment are sometimes beneficial to its survival and sometimes harmful.

Indiana and NGSS Standards:

  • 3-5-ETS1-1 Engineering Design. Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
  • 4-ESS2-1. Make observations and/or measurements to provide evidence of the effects of weathering or the rate of erosion by water, ice, wind, or vegetation.
  • 4-ESS3-2. Generate and compare multiple solutions to reduce the impacts of natural Earth processes on humans.

Ohio Social Studies Standards:

  • Geography – Places and Regions: The economic development of the United States continues to influence and be influenced by agriculture, industry and natural resources in Ohio
  • Geography – Human Systems: People have modified the environment throughout history resulting in both positive and negative consequences in Ohio and the United States
  • Economics – Production and Consumption: Entrepreneurs in Ohio and the United States organize productive resources and take risks to make a profit and compete with other producers.

Ohio Math Standards:

  • 4.MD.2 Solve real-world problems involving money, time, and metric measurement.

Vocabulary:

farm, product, economics, market, profit, consumer, production, supply and demand

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